An impact-driven dynamo for the early Moon

Nature

Volumn 479, Issue 7372, 2011, Pages 215-218

  Le Bars, M ^a   Wieczorek, M A ^b   Karatekin, A ^c   Cebron D ^a   Laneuville, M ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOMAGNETISM;

ARTICLE; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DYNAMO; ENERGY; FLUID FLOW; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; TIDE;

EID: 80855139775     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10565     Document Type: Article

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